>Im having problems trying to find out if I can open a file exclusively or not.I set exclusive off and open the file. Then I use flock() to see if it returns .t.. It does but when I use the command "use orders excl" in order to pack the file, I get a file access denied error. Where am I going wrong please ?
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TRY
  use orders excl
CATCH
ENDTRY

IF USED("orders")
  * Opened Exclusive -  do whatever
ELSE
ENDIF